Obstetric and gynecological sonographers examine the babies being developed in a mother’s womb. When performing an ultrasound on someone there are steps that should be followed. First of all, before starting an ultrasound put some jelly on the woman’s stomach. Secondly, make the woman’s uterus easier to visualize by pushing any loops of her bowl up and out of the way, especially during early pregnancy. The bowel contains air or gas and ultrasound waves do not travel well through air.
Research being currently carried out into cystic fibrosis includes trying to find a cure through gene therapy, this would try to prevent lung disease in a cystic fibrosis sufferer. People with cystic fibrosis suffer with their lungs becoming clogged with a sticky mucus making it very difficult for them to breathe. Prevention of cystic fibrosis could be done through screening a person to see if there is any family history of the disease present. Also by testing a woman during their pregnancy, by performing an aminocentisis test which would mean a sample of fluid taken from the womb. Also "chronic villus sampling", this involvs a sample of tissue (a biopsy) taken from the placenta and tested.
Sometimes a mother’s work schedule is not conducive to breastfeeding, therefore she must bottle feed her infant. Scientific advances have made infant formula a good alternative to breast feeding. The nutritional components of breast milk vary according to
The placenta is the "container" that keeps the baby "isolated" from the mother. The fetal blood flows through the baby, out the umbilical cord to the placenta and no further. 15. Where would we find most of the body's fluid- in the intracellular compartment, or the extracellular compartment? Intracellular compartment 16.
Margaret founded many leagues and was the president of them.One of the leagues was the planned parenthood federation of America. The principal of this league was We hold that children should be concieved in love, born of mothers concous desire and only begotten under conditions which render possible the heritage of health. Margaret invested a lot of her time communicating to the general public to educate them about preventing unwanted pregnancies and planning a family.She wrote several books which had a nationwide impact in promoting birth control.Some of the books include Woman and the new age and The pivot of civilisation. Margaret search for the magic pill that can be taken like asprin came to an end when a sponsor Katrien McCornick made the research possible and the first oral contraceptive Enoid was
Selective reduction is the process of voluntarily terminating one or more fetuses in a multi-fetal pregnancy in order to increase the likelihood of a successful and viable birth. The procedure is used to manage multiple pregnancies that result from fertility treatments such as IVF and also some naturally occurring multi-fetal pregnancies. This procedure was developed in the 1980’s by Dr. Mark Evans (Evans & Britt, 2010). This is a controversial topic to many people who classify this action as abortion. Abortion is the termination of the entire pregnancy yet selective reduction is performed to improve the survival rate of the remaining fetuses and also the mother.
The experience of pregnancy and the feeling of postpartum life are unique for every woman. The culture is showing that becoming a mother of a baby is the happiest time in a woman’s life. Every woman should know and understand what is prenatal mental health. The society should provide the support and information to all the pregnant women. “Women were afraid of two things: to die during childbirth and that something should happen to the baby during childbirth.
Just like most of the pregnant woman feel, the poet sees her unborn child as her world. This line could also mean that by creating life she is giving her child the world. The idea that to give life is to give the world is further expressed when she says, "all the world you hear and see hung upon my dreaming blood". The next paragraph describes the beginning of pregnancy when the mother and child are in the first stages of their relationship. The poet feels a great sense of power in this new relationship, and she compares her
The Midwife principally caring for Susan will be known as Jenny. Intrapartum care is a vast area to discuss and this essay serves as an overview of the care given to Susan. For the majority of women, experiencing pregnancy and childbirth is a normal life event that requires minimal medical intervention. These women can choose to be cared for in a midwifery led environment. Department of Health (2004).
Physical activity in pregnancy Weiying Zhang This qualitative research aims at studying the physical activity during pregnancy in order to solve the overweight or obese problem for pregnant women. Despite the original way of research, the views and experiences of overweight and obese women are gained, the interventions which could promote physical activity during pregnancy are provided in this study. With a very typical method of qualitative research, observing the day to day life of participants from a previous study of physical activity measurements in pregnancy. Also, organizing semi-structured and in-depth interviews to 14 overweight and obese pregnant women. By using a Framework Approach and Theory of Planned Behavior approach, data were analyzed.